Breakdown of Yeterlilik seviyesini belgelemiş ve projeyi taahhüt etmiş olması lazımdı.
ve
and
olmak
to be
proje
project
lazım
necessary
seviye
level
yeterlilik
proficiency / qualification (competence)
taahhüt etmek
to commit / to pledge
belgelemek
to document
Questions & Answers about Yeterlilik seviyesini belgelemiş ve projeyi taahhüt etmiş olması lazımdı.
Why are there two verbs ending in -miş (belgelemiş, etmiş) but only one olması?
Just like in English where you can say 'have documented and committed' without repeating 'have', Turkish allows verbs sharing the same auxiliary to be linked with ve. The full phrase is understood as belgelemiş olması ve taahhüt etmiş olması, but dropping the first olması makes the sentence flow much better. Both belgelemiş and taahhüt etmiş connect to that final olması lazımdı.
How does the grammar create the meaning 'needed to have [done]'?
By using the perfective noun clause -mIş olması (his having [done]), paired with the past tense of necessity lazımdı (it was necessary), we get 'his having done [it] was necessary'. This translates naturally into English as 'he needed to have [done] it'.
In English, we say 'commit to the project'. Why does proje take the accusative case (projeyi) instead of the dative (projeye)?
The compound verb taahhüt etmek (to commit / to undertake) takes a direct object in Turkish. You are literally saying 'to undertake the project'. Because it is a specific project, it takes the definite accusative suffix -yi, resulting in projeyi.
Can you break down the suffixes on seviyesini?
Seviye means 'level'. In the noun compound yeterlilik seviyesi (proficiency level), the first suffix -si is the possessive marker linking it to yeterlilik. The second suffix -ni is the accusative case marker, required because the 'proficiency level' is the direct object of the verb belgelemiş (documented). The -n- in the middle is a buffer letter always used when adding a case marker after a third-person possessive suffix.
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